Data Breach

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2021
RansomEXX ransomware leaks files stolen from Italian luxury brand Zegna

RansomEXX ransomware operators hit the popular Italian luxury fashion house Ermenegildo Zegna Holding and started leaking stolen files. Zegna is one of the most famous Italian luxury fashion houses. It was founded in 1910 by Ermenegildo Zegna in Trivero, Biella Province of the Piedmont region of Northern Italy. Ermenegildo Zegna Group is the largest menswear brand in the world by revenue. As of 2018, Ermenegildo Zegna […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2021
Advanced Technology Ventures discloses ransomware attack and data breach

The American venture capital firm Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV) disclosed a ransomware attack, crooks also stole data of some private investors. Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV) is an American venture capital firm with more than $1.8 billion in capital under management. The venture capital firm this week disclosed a ransomware attack, threat actors have also stolen the personal information of some […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2021
Threat actors leaked data stolen from EA, including FIFA code

Threat actors that hacked Electronic Arts in June have leaked full data dump stolen from the company after the failure of the negotiation with the victim. In June, hackers have compromised the network of the gaming giant Electronic Arts (EA) and claimed to have stolen approximately 780 GB of data. The stolen data include the source […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2021
IBM Cost of a Data Breach study: average Cost of Data Breach exceeds $4.2M

The ‘Cost of a Data Breach’ report commissioned by IBM Security states that the cost of a data breach exceeded $4.2 million during the COVID19 pandemic. IBM Security presented today the annual study “Cost of Data Breach,” conducted by Ponemon Institute and sponsored and analyzed by IBM, which is based on data related to data […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 23, 2021
Over 80 US Municipalities’ Sensitive Information, Including Resident’s Personal Data, Left Vulnerable in Massive Data Breach

WizCase’s team of ethical hackers, led by Ata Hakçıl, has found a major breach exposing a number of US cities, all of them using the same web service provider aimed at municipalities. Original post at https://www.wizcase.com/blog/us-municipality-breach-report/ This breach compromised citizens’ physical addresses, phone numbers, IDs, tax documents, and more. Due to the large number and various types […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2021
TicketClub Italy Database Offered in Dark Web

A database belonging to TicketClub Italy, a company providing coupons platform for offline purchases, is available for sale on darkweb hacking forums. TicketClub is an Italian company providing a mobile-based coupons platform for offline purchases. Their clients include Burger King, McDonald’s, CinecittĂ  World, Rainbow Magicland, and many other enterprises having coupon and loyalty programs.  The […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2021
Thousands of Humana customers have their medical data leaked online by threat actors

Experts found a DB containing sensitive health insurance data belonging to customers of US insurance giant Humana. An SQL database containing what appears to be highly sensitive health insurance data of more than 6,000 patients has been leaked on a popular hacker forum. The author of the post claims that the data was acquired from […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2021
Threat actor claims to have stolen 1 TB of data belonging to Saudi Aramco

A hacker claims to have stolen 1 TB of sensitive data from the Saudi Arabian petroleum and natural gas giant, Saudi Aramco. Threat actors that goes online with the moniker ZeroX  claim to have stolen 1 TB of sensitive data from the Saudi Arabian petroleum and natural gas giant end it is offering for sale […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2021
Pegasus Project – how governments use Pegasus spyware against journalists

Pegasus Project investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware. Pegasus Project is the name of a large-scale investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets that revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware. Pegasus is a surveillance malware developed by […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2021
Hackers accessed Mint Mobile subscribers’ data and ported some numbers

Mint Mobile discloses a data breach, an unauthorized attacker gained access to subscribers’ account information and ported phone numbers. Mint Mobile is an American telecommunications company which sells mobile phone services and operates as an MVNO on T-Mobile’s cellular network in the United States. BleepingComputer reported that Mint Mobile has disclosed a data breach that […]